Thursday, March 22, 2012

Spring

It has been an exceptionally warm spring, with temps in the 80"s. I planted spinach, lettuce, turnips and chard in the garden, so far only the lettuce is germinated, is it possible that the soil temp is too high?

I've started more lettuce, chard, cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, peppers, and kale, in seed trays under lights in the garage. The electric heat mat seems hotter than usual this year, and some of the peppers are not up after two weeks, although the tomato seed I saved sprouted just fine in the same tray. Possibly bad seed?

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I'm a retired information technology (IT) specialist who worked in automotive manufacturing, production scheduling, materials management, and inventory control. For over 40 years, I have also been pursuing the hobbies of machine knitting and machine embroidery, along with more traditional fiber arts such as spinning, dyeing, weaving, quilting and sewing. I love working with natural fibers like wool, alpaca, angora, and mohair. But I also love the enhanced productivity I can get using modern software and hardware tools to ply my craft.

I prefer to use natural plant-based dyes and sometimes gather my dyestuff from my organic garden or the meadow behind our home.

I am available to teach hand or machine knitting.

I live with the love of my life, my husband. I never knew how to bake a pie until I met him. Now we raise apple trees and honey bees! I love my daughters, four grandchildren and also my step family, kids, grandkids and GREAT-grandkids!